National Novel Writing Month comes to a close today and now that you have your 175-page near-masterpiece on paper, it's time to get to the process of editing. We've tallied up a few of our favorite tips from writers and some great apps for editing to help you along your way.

Windows only: Verbum doesn't have an Office-style "Ribbon," but it's not a code-friendly developer's tool, either. It's simply a word processor that supports most formats and seems really usable and friendly, even in its current alpha state.

Windows/Mac/Linux: The first finalized release of the OpenOffice.org spin-off, LibreOffice, has hit the web at version 3.3. It's got a few unique features, an ever-so-slightly tweaked look, and the ability to export to Microsoft's DOCX format by default.

Why do different people, professions, and even word processing apps have different views on putting one or two spaces between sentences? Because typewriters made the spaces hard to distinguish. But it's 2010, one writer argues, and time to single-space up.

Windows/Mac: Scrivener, the word processing app with advanced outlining, corkboard notes, and other stuff writers like, is celebrating National Novel Writing Month with extended previews of its upcoming 2.0 Mac version, and a brand new Windows version. They're both great text-focused tools.

Mac only: Ommwriter is out with a "Dana II" version of its minimalist, ambient, anti-distraction writing software. Like the previous version, it's a tranquil space to edit text without a lot of formatting, but this pay-what-you-will version adds new sounds and looks.

OpenOffice.org has established itself as the free alternative to Microsoft's Office suite—but not necessarily the better alternative. Now the project heads are breaking off and starting LibreOffice. It's a great chance to remake the project. So, what should they prioritize?

Windows only: Q10 is a full-screen text editor with a minimal interface, which isn't all that new. But it also supports the best features of heftier editors, like text substitution, custom text counters and alarms, and personalized auto-correct and spell check.

Gmail can now open all Microsoft Word files (both DOC and DOCX formats) in Google Docs Viewer with the click of a link—a new feature accompanied by an equally simple route to editing the file in Google Docs.

OpenOffice.org is free and open source, but it isn't light, simple, or constantly backed up. Luckily, Ubuntu 10.04 can create and open Office files with the Zoho suite—and you don't even need a Zoho account to save your work.

Windows: What's the most popular and powerful editor on Windows among text aficionados? Notepad++, by a hefty margin. Want something a smidge less menu-rich and, well, different? Notepad GNU is a very clever, open source alternative.

Mac only: We've featured many distraction-free writing solutions, but Ommwriter takes it further by setting your words against a serene background and calming music, helping you concentrate and relax. Cheesy, perhaps, but possibly effective.

Windows: Looking for a text editor that helps you write text or code and doesn't get in your way? Sublime Text lives up to its name. It's a white-on-black, keyboard-friendly editor chock full of powerful, but unobtrusive, features.

Windows/Mac/Linux: It hit the servers two days ago, but OpenOffice.org 3.1 is now in official release. The open-source office suite focused on anti-aliased drawing and usability tweaks for this release, which we've quickly previewed below.

Zoho, the ever-improving online editing suite, is rolling out Zoho Writer 2.0, comprising of a serious overhaul of the menu and writing interface and features pulled from user requests. Flip through slides of what's new below.

Windows/Mac/Linux: TextFlow is an Adobe AIR-based word processor with a new and innovative take on document collaboration. Rather than offer real-time updates when multiple users are working on a document like Google Docs, Zoho Writer, or previously mentioned Gobby, TextFlow imports multiple Microsoft Word documents,…